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Kundalini, the cosmic energy, is symbolized as a female
serpent coiled (Kundala means coil of rope) and sleeping at the base
of the spinal column. This latent energy has to be aroused by meditation
and yogic techniques, and made to ascent the main spinal channel (Sushumna
Nadi), trough the Chakras, up to Sahasrara.
This is possible only by the practice of Kundalini Yoga, also known as Laya Yoga (Laya is
the state of mind when one forgets all the objects of the senses and gets absorbed in the
object of meditation), that Yoga which treats Kundalini Sakti, the six centres of spiritual
energy (Shat Chakras), the arousing of the sleeping Kundalini Shakti, and its union with
Lord Shiva in Sahasrara Chakra, at the crown of the head.
Kundalini Yoga actually belong to Tantrik Sadhana.
First the Yogi have to perform elaborated mistic preparations to purify mind and body, then
assume special Asana (posture), so Kundalini can be awakened and mastered.
Then the Yogi obtain the Moksa (liberation), the reintegration with the Atman (Prime
Cause of the Universe).
"The wise Yogi, whose nature is purified by the practice of Yama, Nyama, and the
like, learns from the mouth of his GURU the process which opens the way to the
discovery of the great liberation. The Yogi who has gagned steadiness of mind
makes offering to the Ista-Devatas in the six centres (SatChakras) - Dakini and
others, with that stream of celestial nectar which is in the vessel of Brahmanada
(Kundalini), the knowledge whereof he has gained trough the tradition of the Gurus".
(Ram Kumar Rai)
In Mythology, the cosmic energy, Shakti (in other words Kundalini) is symbolized by Kali , the
Divine Mother, moving as the Kinetic Shakti on the breast of Sadashiva who is the static
background of pure Consciousness.
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